Each week, Wilson Water incurs total costs of $56,500 to filter natural spring water. The firm can then bottle the water as is, or it can spend $8,000 to carbonate the water prior to bottling. Daily revenues for the plain water are $144,000 while those for the carbonated water are $150,000. If Wilson is currently selling plain water and wants to continue doing so next week, which of the following changes would it LEAST want to see in the week ahead? a. A $2,000 increase in the cost of filtering the spring water accompanied by a $1,600 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water.
b. A $1,500 increase in the cost of filtering the spring water accompanied by a $1,000 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water.
c. A $3.000 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water.
d. A $2,500 decrease in the cost of carbonating the water

Assume today is december 31, 2013. barrington industries expects that its 2014 after-tax operating income [ebit(1 – t)] will be $400 million and its 2014 depreciation expense will be $70 million. barrington's 2014 gross capital expenditures are expected to be $120 million and the change in its net operating working capital for 2014 will be $25 million. the firm's free cash flow is expected to grow at a constant rate of 4.5% annually. assume that its free cash flow occurs at the end of each year. the firm's weighted average cost of capital is 8.6%; the market value of the company's debt is $2.15 billion; and the company has 180 million shares of common stock outstanding. the firm has no preferred stock on its balance sheet and has no plans to use it for future capital budgeting projects. using the corporate valuation model, what should be the company's stock price today (december 31, 2013)? round your answer to the nearest cent. do not round intermediate calculations.

The treasurer for pittsburgh iron works wishes to use financial futures to hedge her interest rate exposure. she will sell five treasury futures contracts at $139,000 per contract. it is july and the contracts must be closed out in december of this year. long-term interest rates are currently 7.30 percent. if they increase to 9.50 percent, assume the value of the contracts will go down by 20 percent. also if interest rates do increase by 2.2 percent, assume the firm will have additional interest expense on its business loans and other commitments of $149,000. this expense, of course, will be separate from the futures contracts. a. what will be the profit or loss on the futures contract if interest rates increase to 9.50 percent by december when the contract is closed out

How does the plaintiff, mrs. wood, try to implicate the gun manufacturer ( who testifies, what do they say, what evidence is introduced)?